The sweat bees from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Abstract

The sweat bees from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago are presented and illustrated herein. The species recorded are Augochlora (Augochlora) laevipyga (Kirby, 1890), Augochlora (Augochlora) sp., new record, and Lasioglossum (Dialictus) atripyga (Kirby, 1890). The Kirby species are redescribed based on recently collected specimens, including the first illustration of the male terminalia. The unidentified species is also shortly characterized.

A new native host for Erythrina gall wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in the oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

“…The entomofauna of this archipelago has been recorded and currently includes 454 species distributed in 21 orders (Rafael et al 2020) and recent studies have advanced the knowledge of Hymenoptera species (Fernandes et al 2021a;2021b;Mahlmann et al 2022;Martins 2022b).…”